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M.S. Gerontology with Concentration in Business Administration
The Business Administration concentration is designed for professionals and managers who want to combine a knowledge of gerontology with the skills of business and management to prepare for administrative, managerial, or entrepreneurial roles in public or private sector organizations which employ gerontology specialists.
Concentration: 36 semester hours
Core Courses: 12 semester hours
- GERO 500 Psychology of Aging (3)
- GERO 501 Professional Issues in Gerontology (3)
- GERO 502 Social and Cultural Aspects of Aging (3)
- GERO 503 Physiology of Aging (3)
Required Courses: 12 semester hours
- ECBU 520 Seminar in Economics (3)
- ECBU 535 Financial Analysis (3)
- ECBU 555 Current Issues in Management Practice (3)
- ECBU 565 Marketing in a Global Economy (3)
Internship: 3 semester hours
- GERO 598 Internship/Fieldwork (3)
Electives: 6 semester hours from the following:
- ECBU 510 Management of Information Technology (3)
- ECBU 540 Innovation and Entrepreneurship (3)
- ECBU 585 Strategies in Change Management(3)
- GERO 570 Grant Writing (1-3)
- GERO 571 Cognitively Impaired Older Adults(1-3)
- GERO 572 Death, Dying, and Bereavement (1-3)
- GERO 573 Legal Issues in Aging (1-3)
- GERO 574 Aging and Mental Health
- GERO 575 Diversity and Aging
- GERO 576 Careers in Gerontology (1-3)
- GERO 577 Caregiving & Caregiver Resources (1-3)
- GERO 578 Spirituality and Aging (1-3)
- GERO 579 Aging and Biography (1-3)
- GERO 599 Independent Study (1-3)
Culminating Activity: 3 semester hours
- GERO 596 Graduate Seminar (3)
